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The appeal tackled four major issues and several secondary issues. The most important question was whether Microsoft used anti-competitive tactics–such as threatening to withhold Windows from PC makers or forcing them to agree to exclusive contracts that shut out Netscape–to illegally maintain a monopoly on Intel-based operating systems.
